Wittiest/informative come back for vaping

[Running Wolf]

Only real place I have vaped indoors (in public) has been when I am helping close up with the Animal Protective League's store in our local mall. Everyone basically knows it's not a cigarette, no fire, no smell, and everyone is basically cool with it.

When I first got mine I didn't think of asking if I was allowed to or not. Only thing I got at the golf course's club house was questions and comments (along the lines of "wow that doesn't stink like a cigarette").

My dad and step-mom are anti-smoking people. I never would have thought to ask to smoke a cig in their condo. I asked my step mom, told her what it was and she and my dad were cool with me vaping in their condo and in their car.

In my limited time I've found that asking and a bit of explanation will do a world of wonder. Maybe this weekend will go to the coffee house down the street from me and see if I can vape there..... Been dying to try their coffee (a "brew house" that has coffee and microbrewed beer.... interesting enough idea to check out).

 

[cement]

I tell them that doctors are using them in operating rooms.

 

[robblundberg]

no offense to op, but your'e not being hassled.

the manager was right, every business owner has the right to refuse service to ANYONE for ANY reason. that being said if your'e somewhere that you want to vape, have the respect to at least ask the owner/manager if it's ok before you just start doing it. it's called common courtesy.

the only place i've tried to vape indoors is at the bars, and every one that i've been to i've asked first and never been told no because i was polite and gave a brief explanation as to what it was.

this is America, but that doesn't give you the right to do whatever you want wherever you want. it gives us as a community a bad name if people can't even show the respect to at least ask first.

 

[barbee865]

i always ask anytime i vape indoors. mostly i do it in bars or restaurants. I've never been told no. Not everyone is educated on e-cigs and some people refuse to hear anything about it. If i were to be refused by a business i would first try and educate and then put it away.
if someone does something i don't like in my business i have the right to say .... , same applies to other businesses. my $.02

 

[DigitalKnight]

I'm fairly new to vaping (a couple of months now), and it's amazing how uninformed people are. I wasn't very knowledgeable myself but you would think the lack of horrible smoke smell would give it away. So I usually say "I don't smell anything, do you?". But I usually don't do it in confined public places cause it can make people uneasy.

 

[BigFatDan]

I could see asking before you do it and educating the manager on how a PV works, but if you go to olive garden whip out your PV and start bellowing plumes of vapor out of your mouth what do you expect anti-smokers are going to say "Smoke up Johnny!"? Whether they know it's a PV or not. It's the matter of fact that you're essentially a smoke-stack to them. It's almost like an eye-sore to other people. Especially non-smokers. They're not used to people breathing out cigarette smoke. So what would you expect when they see this person pull out a stainless steel or all-black weird-looking thing and then exhale a gigantic cloud INSIDE a restaurant/store/whatever?



My point is that - Yes, it's technically not illegal to vape in businesses (unless they tell you not to) and if you're not going to ask. Then what's the point? You're just making yourself and all your fellow PV users look like .......s.


Also, wow this BMV Bubblegum is an awesome flavor. I was vaping more than typing, haha!

 

[Denise D]

Well we all know what happened to the militant smokers (banned everywhere) being a militant vapor is just asking for it.

Also isn't there some nicotine in the exhaled vapor? That is my question of the day.

 

[Ericscott_68]

I don't ask and I don't vape openly when inside of a building such as a restaurant, Wally world, etc. I do stealth vape in those places. At my families houses I never asked, just openly vaped and as soon as they saw they couldn't smell smoke they were fine with it -- all former smoker's btw who now HATE smelling analogs. I have had people at fairs and drive-thru's ask me what my Riva is and I've briefly explained it is my electronic vaporizer and I use it instead of smoking cigarettes. They all have thought it way cool and some have asked where to get them for family members. I never use the term e-cig (and I wish they were not called that) because it confuses some people into thinking that it is a tobacco product. I think we do have to respect the rights of business owners and comply with their wishes or find another place to frequent. If confronted I plan on giving explanation and being respectful of their wishes -- they may come around which would be great for other vapers. Just my

I always call mine a personal vaporizor. As I also do not like the word cigarette attached to vaping. I vape pretty much every place I go except restaurants. I'm not stealth vaping but I'm not making a scene either. So far nothing, no " Hey you can't do that here." not even any questions.

 

[robblundberg]

i don't understand y some of you guys can't just be respectful and not vape in public places. who cares that it's not illegal, it's basically disrespectful. 95% of america has no idea what a personal vaporizer is and could care less. even if your'e stealth vaping do you really NEED it that bad you can't wait the 30 minutes till your'e outside or in your own car to do it again?

seriously we're all used to the you can't smoke in here fact now, y not just wait? y would you want someone asking you hey what is that? or hey why are you doing that in here?

leave well enough alone and do it in the privacy of your own homes/cars. honestly, even as a vaper and former smoker i see it as just being downright disrespectful. as i said the ONLY place i have ever asked to vape in is a bar, and i at least had the common sense to ask the privelage first.

y do it in a restaurant or shopping center? what happens when a kid see's you doing it? should their parents have to go through some sort of strange explanation to them as to what your'e doing?

again guys, think about the message your'e sending the non smoking/vaping world as to what kind of community we are? are we really just a bunch of fiends that can't wait 30 minutes to use our pv's again? maturity guys, it's called self control.

 

[darkstorm]

i don't understand y some of you guys can't just be respectful and not vape in public places. who cares that it's not illegal, it's basically disrespectful. 95% of america has no idea what a personal vaporizer is and could care less. even if your'e stealth vaping do you really NEED it that bad you can't wait the 30 minutes till your'e outside or in your own car to do it again?

How is it any more disrespectful than chewing bubble gum? Like gum I suppose one could be obnoxious with it. Blowing bubbles in peoples faces while screaming "I can do it, its perfectly legal" is certainly off putting. I do not understand the mindset to only do a harmless activity in private....out of respect? I disagree with blowing vapor at people, I disagree with filling your restaurant booth booth with clouds. Stealth vaping and respectfully enjoying a vape in public is perfectly acceptable.

 

[Warren D. Lockaby]

For me, the key word here is "respect", and that's the same thing as with cigarettes or anything else. One of the reasons many non-smokers are so adamantly *anti* about it is, so many smokers are pigs. Oh sure, some of us don't throw butts on the ground, or cigarette packs, etc. But the ones who do leave the impression that smokers are all pigs. I used to be as bad as any of them years ago and looking back I can see myself as part of the huge backlash against smoking; I was feeding ammo to the anti-smoking folks simply by proving them right.

I hope the vaping community will be able to avoid this mistake because in terms of "social acceptability", reality will take the back seat to perception every time. Happy (and respectful) Vaping!

 

[Sundrinkr]

How is it any more disrespectful than chewing bubble gum? Like gum I suppose one could be obnoxious with it. Blowing bubbles in peoples faces while screaming "I can do it, its perfectly legal" is certainly off putting. I do not understand the mindset to only do a harmless activity in private....out of respect? I disagree with blowing vapor at people, I disagree with filling your restaurant booth booth with clouds. Stealth vaping and respectfully enjoying a vape in public is perfectly acceptable.

I agree Darkstorm. When I am stealth vaping at someplace like Walmart 1) I have been in there for a LONG time 2) there is no one IN the aisle to see me and even if they did, they wouldn't probably realize what I am doing as there is hardly any vapor exhale once you hold the vapor in your lungs for a few seconds. There is a barely measureable amount of nicotine in the exhale from everything I have read so I'm not worried about 2nd hand nicotine like people worry about 2nd hand smoke (which has an interesting read on Mythbusters). Visit CASAA.org for good info. I don't see anything wrong with vaping in public either. It simply spreads the word that there is a wonderful alternative to smoking tobacco. JMO

 

[Sundrinkr]

I've always been one to ask for forgiveness rather than permission and I can do it very nicely. e.g. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I had Noooo idea I couldn't eat the waitresses brains while inside the restaurant. I'll go outside from now on," simpered the wandering Zombie.

 

[darkstorm]

I agree Darkstorm. When I am stealth vaping at someplace like Walmart 1) I have been in there for a LONG time 2) there is no one IN the aisle to see me and even if they did, they wouldn't probably realize what I am doing as there is hardly any vapor exhale once you hold the vapor in your lungs for a few seconds. There is a barely measureable amount of nicotine in the exhale from everything I have read so I'm not worried about 2nd hand nicotine like people worry about 2nd hand smoke (which has an interesting read on Mythbusters). Visit CASAA.org for good info. I don't see anything wrong with vaping in public either. It simply spreads the word that there is a wonderful alternative to smoking tobacco. JMO

Exactly. I think its a fine line between respect and education. Understanding that peoples perception is likely to be negative as it does appear to the observer that you are smoking. Not only are you smoking but you are doing it in a public place, indoors, where there can be children. Think of the children! For that reason I will stealth vape in public while indoors. No good educational opportunities can arise from such conflicts. I will however openly enjoy my PV out doors, particularly in smoking sections. I now carry around a spare eGo to pass around to smokers loaded with a cherry cheesecake juice along with a home made information card with a link here. Several have converted.

If we hide in our cars and our homes the public perception can never change. Vaping will always be wrongfully lumped in with smoking tobacco and demonized as a public health hazard. Respectful education is really the responsible choice.

 

[Sundrinkr]

If you act like you are hiding something, they will assume that you are in the wrong. I walk in with 6 inches of stainless hanging out of my mouth. Nothing like a tight fitting drip tip on the resurrector.


BAHAHAHAHA! LOVE IT!!!!!

 

[hairball]

I usually glare at them and in the goofiest voice I can muster up, tell that "Ittzzz meee mmedzzs!" That makes them back off. If I feel like a song and tap dance, I try to explain what it is but normally I do that other one.

 

[washvap]

Lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[blue8091]

I havent ran into this issue yet - have vaped publicly quite a bit. Vaped in a hospital...my dentist is pretty cool. I vaped in his lobby (nobody else present fyi) and he rolled on by and looked at me and said...r u smokin? I said nope - just steamin HOT This led to a whole convo on ecigs - he was an ex smoker and his kids all smoke and he ended up taking down info to pass on to his kids! I don't overtly vape in public - got used to the society rules when I smoked and so engrained in my brain - still follow those habits - I'm just healthier now. Most common place I vape is in a restaurant and nobody has said one word yet - no matter how much I want them too!!

 

[Nicko]

If smokers don't see people vaping, how will they know about PV's?

For vapers to always have to go outside with the smokers, or just wait until we get home is ridiculous. It also removes a major incentive for smokers to make the switch.

This is not some dirty little secret we need to hide. Just a little courtesy is all that's necessary.

 

[DeviantDe]

I've never been told I can't vape somewhere. Of course I don't usually wander around vaping anywhere where I couldn't smoke before.

I do wear my silver bullet with arry tank and trippy tip around my neck just about everywhere I go. You can only see the tank and trippy tip sticking out of the pouch, and it does get quite a few second looks. I get people that look at it and me funny, I get people that ask what the heck that thing is.

I'm always happy to answer their questions. I tell them that it is my PV, my personal vaporizer, I'll ask if they've heard of an e-cigarette. I pull it out of the pouch all the way, show them the tank, tell them about the liquid nicotine and flavoring and how it's not burning tobacco, just vaporizing the liquid nicotine, and that it tastes like waffles, or sweettarts, or cocoa puffs, or cookies, or whatever I have with me that day, I tell them there are so many flavors to choose from. I tell them that it's not smoking, that it's helped me quit smoking.

I go into city buildings, banks, doctors offices, hospitals, restaurants, stores, random businesses and offices. Basically the only places I haven't been into are the police station or the courthouse.

I do not vape in these places unless someone asks for a demonstration. But that PV is always in view, always out and available for people to see and question. And I answer in a friendly manner with a smile on my face and have NEVER gotten a negative response. I believe this is because I am polite to those that question and because I am respectful to the other people around me by not forcing them to react by blowing clouds of vapor in places were smoking or vaping is not normally seen.